Not the clearest error message Context In a previous blog, I complimented Business Central but bemoaned the quality of the Dataverse error messages. In this blog, I will discuss one of these error messages This message turns out to be misleading in the scenario discussed below. Complex Imports A common process to import data, the […]
Read MoreLEGENDARY BLOG!! : POWER AUTOMATE
Who knew!!! Child Flows So you want to duplicate a flow that calls a child flow. This is a common requirement for me. Easy “Save As”. However Microsoft says NO, you cannot do this. I would love to know why not. Instead of a simple button, we have to resort to a complex method involving […]
Read MoreWOW!! BUSINESS CENTRAL:
YOUR IMPORTING DATA IMPRESSES Dataverse has so many choices what should I use Noise The importing of data is critical into any new application. The importing process of data is often treated as noise. In other words it needs to be done, but not given respect in terms of estimating enough time to ensure it […]
Read MoreFIELD SERVICE – APPROVE TIMESHEETS
Can Field Service and Project Operations both be Dynamics 365 CE? Field Service vs Project Operations Both of these are great in their own right, but there are many inconsistencies between them. It is not good for consultants or Microsoft that these inconsistencies exist. The users get frustrated, question their observations, ask the consultants, question […]
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Recently, I have written complex Power App Canvas App, lots of code. Really stretching this low code environment. The code is more complex because, I do not want to have to change the same code in more than one place. Yes, that is code reuse. But this introduces complexities such as chaining SELECT(<BUTTON>) commands. All […]
Read MoreFIELD SERVICE – WORK ORDER – GEM
When Microsoft gets it Right Setting up field Service Microsoft has really been paying attention to the grumblings of the community. In the last few wave releases we have seen many features implemented wrt making the setup of field service easier. This one flew under the radar for me. Creating an Incident Type from a […]
Read MorePOWER PLATFORM – ERROR HANDLING
If you have to fail, fail graciously ERROR HANDLING – LOW CODE – WHY? This is very important, if your app wants to play with men. My analogy is there are boys and there are men, boys are the most common low app found, you know the typical three screen scenario. The ideas may be […]
Read MorePOWERAPPS – GALLERY COLLECTION
Newbie Tip – may just save you time GALLERY DATASOURCE – COLLECTION Using a collection as a datasource to gallery has many advantages, as detailed by multiple blogs. It is suffice for me to say – the flexibility of a collection is a game changer. Once you have a collection, updating the collection (for example […]
Read MorePOWER APPS ONSELECT FRIEND OR FOE
What – this is core functionality – why are you questioning this? CLICK OR TAB TO CONTROL Clicking a textbox will start the OnSelect action, but tabbing to same control (forward tabbing or back tabbing) does not start the OnSelect action . So how do you instruct a user to only click. You can’t so […]
Read MorePOWER APPs GREAT TOOL
Warning – unfortunately only applicable for more advanced Pasopa is a tool that can be used to unzip the msapp file. This is brilliant as Power Apps has a method to keep track of changes. A really important for any company that wishes to make use of Power Apps. Initially Power Apps did not have […]
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